citizen’s guide for

Citizen’s Guide for Readiness for Climate

Extremes in the Desert Southwest

Building resilience: prepare to

prevent and manage impacts

of extreme climate events.

Published in 2020

In case of emergency, please dial 911

Police: Tucson Police Dept.(Main) 520-791-5032

Non-Emergency Number: 520-791-4444

Marana Police Dept. 520-382-2000

Oro Valley Police Dept. 520-229-4900

Sahuarita Police Dept. 520-351-4900

South Tucson Police Dept. 520-917-1589

Pima County Health Department 3950 S. Country Club, Ste 100 520-243-7770

Fire: Tucson Fire Department 520-791-4512

Marana-Avra Valley Fire District 520-682-3255

Green Valley Fire District 520-629-9200

Vail-Rincon Valley Fire District 520-647-3760

Arivaca Fire District 520-398-2003

Pima County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security 3434 E. 22

nd Street

520-794-9300

Ambulance: Southwest Ambulance 520-407-4300

Other Emergencies: Travel Alerts: www.az511.gov Dial: 511

Weather Alerts: Radio: 162.4 AM

This guide is created and distributed by the Arizona Chapter of the Physicians for Social Responsibility.

www.psr.org/azclimate

Contributors: Barbara H. Warren, M.D., M.P.H. David Schaller Donna Branch-Gilby Kathy Altman, P.A., M.P.H. CSSW “Building Resilient Neighborhoods” Work Group Good Neighbor Ventures

Published in 2015 Please disseminate as widely as possible. No part of this guide may be altered without consent of Physiciansfor Social Responsibility-Arizona Chapter. Every effort has been made to ensure this publication is as accurate as possible.

Quick Guide of Emergency and Crisis Resources:

A full list of emergency and crisis resources can be found on

pages 44-47.

Table of Contents 4 Introduction

Using this Guide

Building Awareness

Mitigation

Adaptation

Planning &Preparation Assess and Assure Your Readiness

1. Evaluate Your Neighborhood2. Identify Who is Most Vulnerable

3. Prepare for a Weather Related Emergencies

Building a Resilient Home and Neighborhood

1. Gather Information2. Supplies and Resources3. Make Help Available4. Prepare for an Emergency Challenge

About Us

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2. Emergency and Crisis Resources

Making Connections

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While climate change is likely to cause extreme weather events in the future, prevention and prepara-tion can help lessen the danger, and could even save your life and the lives of those around you. This guide provides citizens of Southern Arizona with a com-prehensive list of resources to help prepare for and build resilience in the face of extreme climate emer-gencies. It also provides information on how to help reduce and help stop further climate change.

Arizona is particularly vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather caused by climate change. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change projects with 80% confidence that extreme heat events will intensify in magnitude and duration over portions of the U.S. where they already occur. They are “virtually certain” there will be a decrease in the magnitude and frequency of cold days/nights and increase in frequency and magnitude of unusually warm days/nights in the desert Southwest region.

Introduction

4 Introduction

Building Awareness

Mitigation

Adaptation

Planning and Preparedness

Assess and Assure Your Readiness


Making Connections (Section includes Emergency Numbers)

Using this Guide: The guide uses symbols to help you easily identify each section. Look for them in the upper left-hand corner and lower right-hand corner of each page.

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Adaptation Mitigation

Mitigation

We humans are fast learners, at least most of the time. We have no trouble plugging leaks, putting out fires, or moving away from danger. We are quite remarkable in how quickly we can change behaviors or take actions to reduce threats when we must.

But we may not always be able to act in time to avoid some negative impacts in life. Accidents happen, things break, negative effects occur, before we understand completely why.

However, we don’t add more fuel to a raging fire if our goal is to put out the fire. We don’t turn on more faucets if a building is already flooded. This is common sense.

Science tells us that the greenhouse effect (a warming of the planet’s atmosphere by the combustion of fossil fuels) is triggering a range of physical changes in the climate that threaten our social and economic stability.

These changes and threats will differ depending on location and season, and those in our region will include:

dramatic overall warming, with increased

average temperatures day and night

an increase in heat extremes, bringing new

risks to human health

more and longer drought episodes

less precipitation, but more unpredictable and

intense rainfall patterns

increased and more sudden flooding events

larger and more frequent wildfires

So, if the greenhouse emissions from burning fuels like coal, gasoline and natural gas are heating up the planet to unacceptable levels, our goal should be to stop putting those emissions into the atmosphere.

This is actually a universal goal, for the atmosphere does not care where the reduced emissions come from, only that they take place.

Mitigating the Effects of a Changing Climate in Southern Arizona

6 Mitigation

We are mitigating the effects of climate change whenever we take steps to reduce current and future greenhouse gas emissions. We achieve these reductions when we use energy and water more efficiently and smarter. Also when we switch to renewable energy, use less gas, buy local food and products or plant trees — anything that takes greenhouse gas emissions out of the atmosphere, now and in the future.

Even if we are successful in stabilizing or stopping the increase in greenhouse gas emissions, theclimate will continue to change for quite some time.

We will also need to begin adapting to those changes even while we work to mitigate the extent of the threats that the changes bring to our communities and economies.

Mitigation remains crucial. By stopping and eventually reversing the increase in greenhouse gas emissions we can help delay and reduce the severity of effects that are associated with high levels of these concentrations in the atmosphere.

In other words, we buy ourselves time when we mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The steps we take in adapting to climate change will be less costly and less burdensome the more our mitigation efforts succeed.

The intent of this guide is to help families, neighborhoods, and communities better prepare for the impacts of a warming southwestern climate. And additionally, each individual action taken to lower greenhouse gas emissions will make our preparations easier and less costly.

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Adaptation Common sense tells us to dress lightly and plan our activities earlier in the day on a hot July morning; it tells us also to take shelter during a violent summer storm. Anyone who has lived in the desert southwest even a little while knows what to expect, how to react, and how to adapt to extreme weather that can be dangerous. When weather events begin to change from what we know to the unfamiliar, we need to be just as prepared and cautious.

There is no serious dispute that the region is experiencing a drought that has now lasted into its 15th year. This has not been an overnight event, where we can go back to business as usual after a minor inconvenience of one kind or another.

The drought has forced most all of us, from individuals to businesses to government agencies, to begin changing our behaviors and practices on how water is used and how we can avoid the worst case effects should drought continue indefinitely.

When we recognize such challenges and begin changing our activities to minimize risks and threats to our well-being, we are simply and importantly adapting to a changing climate around us.

8 Adaptation

We are doing in our own communities what societies have done over the centuries, work together to understand a changing environment and adapt as best as we can to these new circumstances. Again, common sense guides us to recognize these challenges and to adapt to them as best we can.

As we grapple in our homes, neighborhoods, and communities with the emergent threats of a changing and warmer climate that were

However, adaptation is not sufficient to keep the climate from becoming dangerously overheated. Now is the time to stop adding greenhouse gases to our atmosphere, start using strong climate mitigation measures like driving gas fueled cars less and planting trees along walkways to create more walk-able neighborhoods, building community sustainability, and reducing the urban heat island.

We must certainly work to lessen the scale and magnitude of future climate change. Meanwhile, it is in our best interest as a community to prepare for the multiple risks that these negative big picture changes will bring. Adapting to our changing climate will be a common sense and necessary endeavor for all of us.

strengthened emergency prepar-edness, including neighborhood readiness and planning

a combination of all of these and many more

The desirability of adapting to a changing climate is often just one argument in favor of finding new, smarter ways to live our lives and to strengthen our community. Our efforts will have positive benefits in the near term, not just sometime in the future. Adaptation steps can be economically efficient, support our social and community goals, and be environmentally sustainable.

addressed on the mitigation page, we can expect the big picture to continue to change. Any one of these changes is unwanted, and the combination of them all could be overwhelming if we do nothing. But again, we have the common sense and an array of resources and best practices, such as those in this guide, to help us as we go forward.

Adaptation and mitigation of a changing Southwest climate will take many forms, all of which can reduce the impact of climate stresses on human and natural systems. They include adopting:

behavior changes, such as using

energy more efficiently at home in

various ways

new technologies, such as clean,

safe renewable energy sources

changes in government policies or

resources, such as limiting emissions from power plants and

getting off fossil fuels

new community support measures,

such as providing resources to plant

trees, grow food, conserve water,

and place solar energy on more

homes and businesses

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Many of the materials in the following pages are materials from a neighborhood Workbook and Conversation Guide that have been created by the “Building Resilient Neighborhoods” Working Group affiliated with the Climate Smart Southwest Conference in Tucson in 2013 and the ongoing Climate Southwest Project. You can learn more about this project in the section in this guide called “About Us”.

The Conversation Guide and Workbook for Building Resilient Neighborhoods is designed to help facilitate conversations and planning within neighborhood groups and organizations. You will find the conversations to be stimulating and empowering. We encourage you to copy the workbook materials and organize neighborhood meetings to learn from each other and plan ahead for a safe and resilient neighborhood in case of extreme climate events.

You can find the Workbook (called the Resilient Neighborhoods Packet) and Guiding Group Conversation tool (in English or Spanish) at www.psr.org/azclimate and by opening the section/link called “Working Groups” and selecting the “Vulnerable Neighborhoods Work Group”

Planning & Preparation

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Assess and Assure Your Readiness

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Making Connections

Planning & Prep 11

Most cohesive

Community cohesion means people who live in the same place stick together as a group. They do this because they know each other and feel they can trust and rely on each other. This feeling of trust seems to be related to how often they talk to each other, how many different places they talk to the same people, and how much they talk about with them.

Assess and Assure Your Readiness 1. Evaluate Your Neighborhood

5 4 Talk to each other in several ways (in person,

by phone or email, and in meetings)

Have an organized association with officers

and have several smaller social groups in the

neighborhood who do things together

Visit each other’s homes and do things

together outside the neighborhood because

they are friends

Ask for each other’s advice or help and look

out for each other out of respect and trust

Feel that the neighborhood doesn’t change

much and is nice to live in

Organize group activities for the good of the

neighborhood

Think of the neighborhood as a community

they are loyal to

Think other residents are mostly honest and

trustworthy

Think they share some personal background

and interests with others in the neighborhood

Assume their neighbors are friendly and

cooperative

Have one or two neighbors they think of as

friends

Will often band together to solve a common

problem, such as crime, vandalism, rundown

properties, disturbances, etc.

Chose the neighborhood because of their

lifestyle (job, free-time activities, families with

children)

Show pride in their homes and property

Residents in Rating 4 Neighborhoods Residents in Rating 5 Neighborhoods

Use this scale to measure your cohesiveness:

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3 Residents in Rating 3 Neighborhoods

2 Residents in Rating 2 Neighborhoods

1

Don’t usually think about their

neighborhood and neither fear nor

like their neighbors

Recognize most people on their

block, but don’t always greet them

Usually trust the neighbors until

they think they are dishonest or

mean

Think of a few neighbors as

acquaintances, but probably not

as friends

Least cohesive Residents in Rating 1 Neighborhoods

Keep to themselves

Pay almost no attention to neighbors unless the neighbors are disturbing or annoying them

Spend as little time as possible in their neighbor-hood, and their properties aren’t taken care of

Don’t think they have much in common with other residents and think most of them are unfriendly, unattractive or possibly dishonest

Would only ask a neighbor for help if their lives are threatened

Rarely see their neighbors

Don’t usually recognize neighbors outside the

neighborhood

Know the names of three or fewer neighbors close to

them and don’t visit them [would not invite others in]

Would move somewhere else if they could

Distrust the neighbors and are suspicious of strangers

and won’t talk to them

Feel like outsiders in the neighborhood

Rely only on family or friends even if they don’t live

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Assess and Assure Your Readiness 2. Identify Who is the Most Vulnerable

Who is the Most Vulnerable to bad outcomes in climate disasters?

Experiences and research around the big climate disasters we have been experiencing in our country recently indicates that the most vulnerable to bad outcomes are:

Those who live in neighborhoods that are not cohesive

Individuals who are homebound and or seriously disabled

Special situations with individuals listed below

Some of the characteristics of vulnerable people and contributing conditions include:

People with no nearby friends or family

Age: Elderly and Children (especially those under 4

yrs. old)

Poor health and inability to move or disabled

Prisoners, homelessness, or drug dependency

Poorly insulated housing, no air conditioning, no

shade trees

Night time low temperatures above 85 degrees and

high humidity

“Shelter in Place” is ordered, but there are no safe

places nearby to get cool

An emergency where phone, lights, and water are

not available


3. Prepare for Weather Related Emergencies

As our Tucson climate gets hotter and drier, we may lose electricity for longer periods from overloaded or fire-damaged lines. This can cause us to lose water, gas, phone, and even food services and communications which canlead to serious health problems, injuries, and deaths.

The home worksheet on the next 4 pages will help you find out how prepared your household is for these new climate conditions and whether you have vulnerable people in your home who will need special help in long power outages.

Vulnerable people you identified on the previous page may need assistance getting enough water, getting to a cool and/or shaded place and getting a ride to emergency or cooling centers, finding refrigerators for their medicines, and having someone to look after them.

Extreme heat exposure can lead to dehydration, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. Please see pages 22-25 for the complete Heat Emergency Plan.

Understanding the Home Worksheet on the Next Page: The first part of the worksheet (pg. 16-17) describes the people in your home and helps you find out what resources you have. The second part (pg. 18-19) is to help you know which people in your house will have a health risk in a heat emergency and will need help. This information can be shared with neighbors to plan for a resilient neighborhood with sharing of resources.

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Home Worksheet Part 1

How many people in your home are in each age group?

0-10 _______ 31-40 _________ 61-70 ________11-20 ______ 41-50 __________ 71-80 ________21-30 __________ 51-60 __________ Over 80 ________

How many pets do you have? _____________

What kinds are they? _______________________________________________

How old is each? _____________________________________

Do You Have Any Emergency Resource People in Your Home?

________ Do any have police or other law enforcement training? ________ Do any have fire department training? ________ Do any have medical training? What types? ________ Do any have military emergency training? ________ Can any give emergency rides? ________ Can any cook and deliver emergency meals? _________Do you know where pet shelters are?


Does Your Home Have Any of These Emergency Supplies? [Check all that you have]:

_______ An emergency battery-operated radio? Circle which kind: battery/electrical/solar _______ Enough trees and shrubs around your home to shade and cool it and you? _______ A battery operated cooling fan? _______ Any kind of shade cloths? What kind and how big? _______ _______ Filled water containers? How many and what size? _________ _______ Hiking/camping water purifier kit? _______ Battery-operated Television _______ Home telephone? ________ Cell phone? _______ Email? _______ Solar oven or camping stove? _______ Outdoor grill and fuel? _______ Camping stove and fuel? _______ Flashlights, candles, large area battery or propane lights? _______ Emergency, non-perishable foods? _______ Portable carport, camp shelter or canopy for shade? _______ Swimming pool for cooling and drinking? _______ Independent solar system for home electricity? _______ Cisterns or other water storage system? _______ Home food garden? _______ Egg-laying chickens? _______ Emergency home generator (gas powered)? _______ Gas for the generator (48 hours worth)? _______ A First Aid Kit and Flashlights?


Home Worksheet Part 2

Which People in Your Home Have Health Risks? [Give the number of people who have each condition and give their ages]

________ High blood pressure? How old?_____________

________ Heart disease? How old?_____________

________ Breathing problems or smokers? How old?_____________

________ Liver failure or kidney failure?

________ Dependence on drugs or alcohol?

How old?_____________

How old?_____________

________ Diabetes? How old?_____________

________ Other Chronic illnesses? How old?_____________

What types:___________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________


Do Any People in Your Home have disabilities? [Give the number of people and their ages for each limitation, including infants and children]

________ People who can’t drive? How old?_____________

________ People who can’t walk by themselves? How old?_____________

________ People who can’t see or can’t see well? How old?_____________

________ People who can’t hear or can’t hear well? How old?_____________

________ People who can’t breathe easily? How old?_____________

________ People who can’t talk well or do not speak English? How old?_____________

________ People who can’t take care of themselves? How old?_____________

________ People with mental health problems? How old?_____________

________ People with missing or disabled arms or legs? How old?_____________

________People on breathing support machines? How old?_____________

________Other? How old?_____________

Name: _________________________ Phone: _______________

Email: _____________________________

Do you have someone in the neighborhood you can contact when you need help in emergencies? Yes ______ No ______



1. Gather Information

Health:

A summer day with temperatures hovering just under 100 degrees may not seem especially extreme to the average Arizonan until power is interrupted due to severe weather and local utilities are insufficient to meet demand. Without access to air conditioning, or water that relies on electric pumps for distribution, the average Arizona day could become a life-threatening day.

Protect Yourself from Heat Illness! There are many other kinds of illnesses and injuries that can occur as a result of climate disasters, e.g. spread of infectious diseases, severe injuries or death from flooding, severe burn injuries or smoke inhalation from fires, serious accidents from windstorms, and many more. However, extreme heat is the greatest risk in our region, and for this reason, the focus in this guide is on that risk, with the accompanying potential of a power outage. Indeed, extreme heat events or heat waves are the leading cause of extreme weather-related deaths in the United States.

Prevention is always the most important strategy!

Seek medical attention immediately if suffering symptoms of heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

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Take Precautions

Stay inside air-conditioned homes during

extreme heat days, or seek out shaded

neighborhood locations or community

shelters.

Avoid excessive physical exertion outdoors

on hot days,

Stay hydrated; you need 4-8 quarts of

water a day on extremely hot days. (People with heart failure or kidney disease should consult their health care providers about how much water is safe.)

The immediate health risks from heat are innumerable and range in severity from rash and cramps to heat stroke, heart attack, and death.

The health risks from a power outage during a heat wave are compounded and they potentially include dehydration with lack of access to water, nutritional problems with lack of access to food, worsening of chronic health problems, stress, and mental health issues, and more.

Good planning ahead of time can help prevent these outcomes. Turn the page for the full Heat Emergency Plan.

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Heat Emergency Plan Taken from the Arizona Department of Health Services Heat Emergency Response Plan (May 2013), which can be found at: http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/emergency-preparedness/documents/response-plans/heat-emergency-response-plan.pdf

Your body keeps itself cool by letting heat escape through the skin, and by evaporating sweat (perspiration). If your body does not cool properly or does not cool enough, you might suffer from a heat-related illness. Anyone can be susceptible to heat-related illness. Those at greatest risk are children under 4, adults over 65, homeless people, outdoor workers, people who are overweight, and people who are ill or on certain medications. Heat-related illness may be serious or even deadly if unattended. Staying healthy during the summer is easier if you take the time to protect yourself by making sure you are drinking enough water and limiting your exposure to the heat.

Follow these simple rules:

Drink water. Even people that stay mostly indoors all day should drink at least 2 liters of water per day. People that spend time outdoors should drink 1 to 2 liters per hour that they are outdoors.

People that do strenuous activity outdoors should be very careful, being your body can lose up to 4 liters of water per hour during strenuous activity. You should carry water with you and drink even if you do not feel thirsty.

Be heat safe and avoid alcohol and caffeine, which dehydrate the body.

Avoid using salt tablets unless directed to do so by a physician.

Dress for the heat. Wear lightweight, light-colored

clothing. Light colors will reflect away some of the sun's

energy. It is also a good idea to wear hats or to use an

umbrella. Always apply sunscreen to exposed skin.

Eat small meals and eat more often. Avoid foods that are

high in protein which increase metabolic heat.

Slow down. Avoid strenuous activity. If you must do

strenuous activity, do it during the coolest part of the day,

which is usually in the morning between 4:00 a.m. and

7:00 a.m.

Stay indoors when possible.

Take regular breaks when engaged in physical activity on

warm days. Take time out to find a cool place. If you rec-

ognize that you, or someone else, are showing symptoms of a heat-related illness, stop activity and find a cool place. 22 Heat Emergency Plan

The signals of the next, more serious stage of a heat related illness (often called heat exhaustion) include:

Cool, moist, pale skin (the skin may

be red right after physical activity).

Headache.

Dizziness and weakness or

exhaustion.

Nausea.

The skin may or may not feel hot.

The warning signs of the most serious stage of a heat related illness (often called heat stroke or sun stroke) vary but may include:

Vomiting, confusion, throbbing headache.

Decreased alertness level or complete loss of consciousness.

High body temperature (sometimes as high as 105° F).

Skin may still be moist or the victim may stop sweating and the skin may be red, hot and dry.

Rapid, weak pulse.

Rapid, shallow breathing.

Seizures.

Stages of Heat-Related Illness

1 The signal of the first stage is thirst. Drinking water at this stage can prevent you from progressing to the more serious kinds of heat related illnesses.

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The next stage is muscle cramps. These cramps can be mild or very painful. If you are caring for a person who has heat cramps, have him or her stop activity and rest. If the person is fully awake and alert, have him or her drink small amounts of cool water or a commercial sports drink. Gently stretch the cramped muscle and hold the stretch for about 18-20 seconds, then gently massage the muscle. Repeat these steps if necessary.

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Signs & Symptoms of Heat-Related Illness When temperatures are on the rise, watch for the following symptoms:

Thirst: By the time your body tells you that you are thirsty, you are already mildly dehydrated.

Heat cramps: Heat cramps are muscular pains and spasms due to heavy exertion. They

usually involve the abdominal muscles or the legs. The loss of water and salt from heavy

sweating causes heat cramps.

Heat Exhaustion: Heat exhaustion is less dangerous than heat stroke. It typically occurs when people exercise heavily or work in a warm, humid place where body fluids are lost through heavy sweating. Fluid loss causes blood flow to decrease in the vital organs, resulting in a form of shock. With heat exhaustion, sweat does not evaporate as it should, possibly because of high humidity or too many layers of clothing. As a result, the body is not cooled properly. Body temperature will be near normal.

Heat Stroke: Also known as sunstroke, heat stroke is life-threatening. The victim's temperature control system, which produces sweating to cool the body, stops working. The body temperature can rise so high that brain damage and death may result if the body is not cooled quickly. Body temperature can be very high—sometimes as high as 105° F.

Heat Emergency Plan continued

Types of Heat-Related Illnesses

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Heat stroke is life threatening. Call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number if you are suffering from any of the above symptoms.

General Care for Heat Emergencies: General care for heat emergencies include cooling the body, giving fluids, and minimizing shock. For specific heat-related emergencies, follow these steps:

For heat cramps or heat exhaustion:

Get the person to a cooler place and have the person rest in a comfortable position. If the person is fully awake and alert, give a half glass of cool water every 15 minutes. Do not let him or her drink too quickly. Do not give liquids with alcohol or caffeine in them, as they can make conditions worse.

Remove or loosen tight clothing and apply cool, wet cloths such as towels or wet sheets or mist with water. Get the person into an air conditioned space if possible.

Call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number if the

person refuses water, vomits or loses consciousness.

For heat stroke: Heat stroke is a life-threatening situation! Help is needed fast. Call 9-1-1 or your local EMS number.

Move the person to a cooler place. Quickly cool the body using any means available, including cool water and ice. If you have ice packs or cold packs, wrap them in a cloth and place them on each of the victim's wrists and ankles, in the armpits and on the neck to cool the large blood vessels. (Do not use rubbing alcohol because it closes the skin's pores and prevents heat loss.) Wrap wet sheets around the body and place the person in front of a fan or air conditioner.

Watch for signals of breathing problems and make sure the airway is clear. Keep the person lying down.

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2. Supplies and Resources Among Your Neighbors

What do you do when the power goes out? Planning in Advance for a Heat Emergency: Power outage for 72 Hours or longer during high temperature days.

The focus of this guide is on four areas of neighborhood resilience: water security, coolness without a power source, food security and communications: This resource sheet addresses (1) planning in advance and (2) what to have ready for a heat emergency.


Planning Water Security: Planning Food Security:

Install or identify a neighborhood water cistern. (Need cisterns to be kept full)

Keep large bottles of water in your freezer.

Need filter to make water potable.

Need two gallons of water per person per day in summer.

Consider compostable toilets and other options to minimize water need.

Reduce use of water for plants and trees where possible.

Identify any other resources you may need.

Acquire solar oven(s) & locate in central spot for

everyone in neighborhood to use.

Rethink kinds of food purchased – buy more

dried or canned; less frozen or needing

refrigeration.

Grow your own fresh vegetables and fruits; plant

a citrus tree (grapefruit hardiest, lemon).

For cooking, use solar ovens, BBQ, wood and

fire pit.

Cook outdoors. (Avoid adding heat to interiors.)

Identify available generator in your neighborhood

to re-cool pre-selected refrigerators.


Cool Places In Your Neighborhood:

Safe parks or community facilities

Homes with basements, if neighbors willing to share

Locations with lots of trees

Keep Cool Supply List:

Hat, spray bottles, water bottles, shade cloth

Identify places to hang wet sheets for power free swamp cooling

Have freeze dried camp foods in stock

Keeping cool with batteries and generators or other power sources:

Battery-operated desk fans are available at local hardware store.

A generator could be used at central location during the heat of the day (with installation of appropriate electrical. panel). Options are a gas-powered generator or one powered by solar panels and connected to a portable inverter.

Electric car batteries can be used as a limited power source.

Communication Resources:

Need radio powered by batteries or hand crank or solar power in the neighborhood.

Need source of news and resources when radio, TV, cell phone, computer not powered.

Decide on site for posting notices of news or needs. Publicize date/time and source of posting.

Keeping Cool


A heat emergency with many, if not all, the conditions listed in the scenario can occur. The negative impacts are preventable. What can you do to help yourself, your family, neighbors and more distant people you care about to handle such an emergency?

Who are you committed to helping?

What human resources and supplies need to be available? How can they be accessed and safely stored?

How can you and your neighbors coordinate assistance for people in your neighborhood who are unable to care for themselves in a heat or other emergency?



3. Make Help Available: Review these questions with families and neighbors

Record your thoughts in response to the questions below, then hear the thinking of each person in your group, listening rather than judging other’s responses. Keep a personal record of the commitments to action you are making.


4. Prepare for a Challenging FutureTools for Conversation

You can improve the safety of your home and neighborhoods. Adapting to extreme weather will be a long-term project. It will take many people and groups working together. We suggest you keep conversation groups small – three to seven. A larger group can be divided into small groups, each with a facilitator. Establish a ground rule: listen to understand, and don’t give advice unless it is asked for. Ask participants for their agreement to this before moving into conversations. This is a conversation and commitment process. The process starts in the first part with initiating a round of participant introductions. At this time identify yourself or another member who will serve as a facilitator to keep time and help move the group through the steps outlined in this guide. Commitment comes from a deeper understanding of risk, and that may not happen immediately. Don’t insist that people make a commitment, simply encourage the possibility. The following questions will help your group prepare for a challenging future.

What are some of the activities you can imagine to help your community become more resilient in the face of extreme conditions? List a few ideas below:

In small groups share your response to these questions. Take notes in the space provided beneath each question. What can you and your neighbors do to create resilience to withstand heat and other forms of neighborhood stress?

What are the longer term projects you will make a commitment to complete? Consider who will do what within what timeframe. How will costs be shared?

See the Neighborhood Association Map on the next page to identify your community.

3. Make Help Available: Review these questions with families and neighbors

Tucson Registered Neighborhood Associations

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0 A Mountain

1 Alvernon Heights

2 Armory Park

3 Arroyo Chico

4 Avondale

5 Balboa Heights

6 Barrio Anita

7 Barrio Blue Moon

8 Barrio Centro

9 Barrio Hollywood

10 Barrio San Antonio

11 Barrio Santa Rosa

12 Barrio Viejo

13 Bear Canyon

14 Blenman-Elm

15 Broadmoor-Broadway

16 Broadway/Northeast

17 Campbell-Grant

18 Campus Farm

19 Catalina Vista

20 Catalina Vista/Blenman-Elm

21 Civano

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101 Vista Del Monte

102 West University

103 Western Hills II

104 Wilshire Heights

105 Rancho Perdido

106 Mesquite Ranch

107 Desert Aire

108 Millville

109 Sombras Del Cerro

110 Miles

111 Rosemont East

112 Udall Park

113 Silverbell Terrace

114 Silvercroft

115 Brichta

116 Cherry Avenue

117 Fairgrounds

118 Bravo Park Lane

119 Feldman's

120 Northwest

23 Desert Palms Park

24 Dietz

25 Dodge Flower

26 Doolen-Fruitvale

27 Duffy

28 Dunbar Spring

29 Eastside

30 El Conquistador

31 El Cortez

32 El Montevideo

33 El Presidio

34 El Rio Acres

35 Elvira

36 Enchanted Hills

37 Flowing Wells

38 Glenn Heights

39 Country Glenn

40 Groves Lincoln Park

41 Old Spanish Trail

42 Hedrick Acres

43 Highland Vista Cinco Via

44 Iron Horse

45 Ironwood Ridge

46 Jefferson Park

49 La Madera

50 Lakeside Park

51 Las Vistas

52 Limberlost

53 Garden District

54 Midvale Park

55 Miracle Manor

56 Miramonte

57 Mitman

58 Mortimore

59 Mountain First Avenue

60 Mountain View

61 Myers

62 Naylor

63 North Dodge

64 North University

65 Oak Flower

66 Old Fort Lowell

67 Palo Verde

68 Panorama Estates

69 Westside Development

70 Peter Howell

71 Pie Allen

75 Richland Heights East

76 Richland Heights West

77 Rincon Heights

78 Rita Ranch

79 Roberts

80 Rose

81 Rosemont West

82 Saguaro Canyon

83 Saguaro Miraflores

84 Sam Hughes

85 Samos

86 San Carlos

87 San Clemente

88 San Gabriel

89 Santa Cruz Southwest

90 Sewell

91 Sierra Estates

92 South Harrison

93 South Park

94 Cabrini

95 Stella Mann

96 Sunnyside

125 Harold Bell Wright

126 Carriage Hills No. 3

127 Santiago Hills

128 Toumey Park

129 Aledea Linda

130 Santa Rita Park

131 Arcadia Rose

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22 Colonia Del Valle 47 Julia Keen

48 Keeling

72 Poets Square

73 Rillito Bend

74 Pueblo Gardens

97 Sunset Villa

98 Terra Del Sol

99 Thunderbird Heights

100 Tucson Park West #1

121 Barrio Kroeger Lane

122 Menlo Park

123 Amphi

124 Coronado Heights

Connections are important during any time of need. Knowing what resources are available and who to call in an emergency can make the difference between a minor problem and catastrophe. The following pages list the community resources and emergency numbers for Pima County.

For ease of use, it is divided by city/towns and categories. Categories include: Disaster Resources, Food Assistance, Shelter and Housing Resources, Animal Resources, Emergency Mental Health Resources, Domestic Abuse Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Resources, Neighborhood Centers, Government, and Government Departments, Police, Fire, Hospitals, and Urgent Care Clinics.

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Community Information and Resources

Disaster Resources:

Tucson Fire Department 300 S. Fire Central Place520-791-4512

Patrick K. Hardesty Center 1100 S. Alvernon Way 520-837-4475

St. Vincent de Paul 829 S. 6th Avenue 520-628-7837

Interfaith Community Services 2820 W. Ina Road 520-297-6049

Salvation Army 1001 N. Richey Blvd.520-795-9671

Tucson: Casa San Juan Migrant and Family Center 602 W. Ajo Way 520-798-0834

Casa Maria

401 E. 26th

Street 520-624-0312

Impact of Southern Arizona 3535 E. Hawser Street 520-825-0009

Gospel Rescue Mission Community Ministries Distribution 338 W. 28th Street520-740-1501

Lutheran Social Services 6303 E. Tanque Verde, #101 520-748-2300

Tucson Village Farm 4210 N. Campbell Avenue 520-626-5161

Community Gardens of Tucson 520-795-882334

American Red Cross2916 E. Broadway Blvd.520-318-6740Disaster Services520-318-6868

WorldCare 100 N. Stone Ave., #1005520-514-1588

Southern Arizona Rescue Association (volunteer rescue) 5990 N. Sabino Canyon 520-295-4555

Medical Reserve Corps of SOAZ 850 N. Kolb Road 520-445-7035

Food Assistance:

Community Food Bank 3003 S. Country Club Road 520-622-0525

Iskashitaa Refugee Network 1406 E. Grant Road 520-440-0100

Shelter and Housing Resources:

TMM Family Services 1550 N. Country Club Road 520-322-9557

Habitat for Humanity 3501 N. Mountain Avenue520-326-1217

Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona 520-745-2055

Rebuild Together Tucson 520-325-0160

Chicanos Por La Casa 2550 E. Fort Lowell Road 520-882-0018

Primavera Men’s Shelter 200 E. Benson Hwy.520-623-4300

Gospel Rescue Mission Men’s Shelter 520-740-1501

Women and Children 520-690-1295

The Salvation Army Hospitality House 1021 N. Main Avenue520-622-5411

Our Family Services 3830 E. Bellevue 520-323-1708

Animal Resources:

Humane Society of Southern Arizona 3450 N. Kelvin Blvd.520-327-6088

Friends of Alley Cats 520-850-0001

Hermitage Cat Shelter

5278 E. 21st Street

520-571-7839

Hope Animal Shelter

2011 E. 12th Street

520-792-9200

Pima Animal Care Center 4000 N. Silverbell Road 520-724-5900

Emergency Mental Health Resources:

CODAC Behavioral Health 1650 E. Fort Lowell Road520-327-4505Emergency: 520-622-6000

Pima County Behavioral Health 3950 N. Country Club Road 520-724-7923Emergency: 520-622-6000

Domestic Abuse Resources: Domestic Abuse Hotline 1-800-799-7233

HOPE Helpline 1200 N. Country Club Road520-770-1197

Administration Office EMERGE! Center Against Domestic Violence 2545 E. Adams Street 520-795-8001

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COPE Services Administration 732 N. Stone Avenue 520-884-9505

620 N. Craycroft Road520-519-8540

1477 W. Commerce Court520-881-0337

1501 W. Commerce Court 520-741-3180AKA La Cholla Clinic

8050 E. Lakeside Parkway 520-584-5820

2435 N. Castro Avenue520-622-8030AKA Mesquite Clinic

Native Seeds Search/Bank 3061 N. Campbell Avenue520-622-5561

Desert Survivors 1020 W. Starr Pass Blvd.520-791-9309

Compost Cats P.O. Box 210017

Neighborhood Centers:

Impact of Southern Arizona 3535 E. Hawswer Street 520-825-0009

Continental Ranch Community Center 9150 N. Coachline Blvd.520-297-7600

Ellie Towne Flowing Wells Community Center 1660 W. Ruthrauff Road 520-887-9786

Northwest YMCA Pima County Community Center 7770 N. Shannon Road 520-229-9001

El Pueblo Activity Center/Senior Center 101 W. Irvington Road 520-791-4629

Morris K. Udall Center 7200 E. Tanque Verde 520-791-4931

William M. Clements Center 8155 E. Poinciana 520-791-5787

Armory Park Center 220 S. 5th Avenue 520-791-4865

El Rio Neighborhood Center 1390 W. Speedway Blvd.520-791-4683

Fred Archer Neighborhood Center 1665 S. La Cholla 520-791-4353

Quincie Douglas Neighborhood Center 1575 E. 36th Street 520-791-2507

Santa Rosa Neighborhood Center 1080 S. 10th Avenue 520-791-4589

Cherry Avenue Recreation Center 5085 S. Cherry Avenue520-791-4497

Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center 2160 N. 6th Avenue520-791-3247

Edith Ball Adaptive Recreation Center 3455 E. Zoo Court 520-791-5643

Freedom Recreation Center 5000 E. 29th Street 520-791-4969

Tucson: Agriculture and Environmental Resources:

Tucson Clean and Beautiful & Trees for Tucson 4004 S. Park Avenue 520-791-3109

Tucson Organic Gardens meets every 3rd Tuesday

Southwest Victory Gardens 2906 E. Lisbon Place 520-576-7085

Sonoran Permaculture Guild 221 E. Linden

Tucson Botanical Gardens 2150 N. Alvernon Way 520-326-9686

Watershed Management Group 1137 N. Dodge Blvd. 520-396-3266

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Marty Birdman Recreation Center 2536 N. Castro 520-791-5950

Oury Recreation Center 655 N. Hughes Street 85705520-791-4788

Randolf Recreation Center 200 S. Alvernon Road 520-791-4560

Library:

Pima County Public Libraries Dusenberry-River 5605 E. River Road520-594-5345

Eckstrom-Columbus 4350 E. 22nd Street520- 594-5285

El Pueblo 101 W. Irvington Road520-594-5250

El Rio 1390 W. Speedway Blvd. 520- 594-5245

Flowing Wells 1730 W. Wetmore Road520-594-5225

Himmel Park 1035 N. Treat Avenue520-594-5305

Joel D. Valdez101 N. Stone Avenue520-594-5500

Kirk- Bear Canyon 8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd. 520-594-5275

Martha Cooper 1377 N. Catalina Avenue520-594-5315

Miller-Golf Links 9640 E. Golf Links Road520-594-5355

Mission 3770 S. Mission Road520-791-4010

Murphy-Wilmot 530 N. Wilmot Road520-594-5420

Nanini 7300 N. Shannon Road520-594-5365

Quincie Douglas 1585 E. 36th Street520-594-5335

Santa Rosa 1075 S. 10th Avenue520-594-5260

Southwest 6855 S. Mark Road520-594-5270

Valencia 202 W. Valencia Road520-594-5390

Wheeler Taft Abbet Sr. 7800 N. Schisler Drive 520-594-5200

Woods Memorial 3455 N. First Avenue520-594-5445

Government:

Mayor’s Office 255 W. Alameda 520-791-4201

Ward 1 Office 940 W. Alameda 520-791-4040

Ward 2 Office 7575 E. Speedway Blvd. 520-791-4687

Ward 3 Office 1510 E. Grant Road 520-791-4711

Ward 4 Office 8123 E. Poinciana 520-791-3199

Ward 5 Office 4300 South Park Ave. 520-791-4231

Ward 6 Office 3202 E. First Street 520-791-4601


Utilities:

Tucson Water 310 W. Alameda 520-791-4331 Emergency-520-791-4133

Southwest Gas 3401 E. Gas Road 877-860-6020 Emergency-520-746-1076

Tucson Electric Power Company 88 E. Broadway Blvd.520-623-7711 Emergency: 520-623-7711

Tucson: Government Departments:

Tucson Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security 520-837-8800

City of Tucson Resource Directory 520-792-2489

ADA Disability Transportation and Services 520-791-5409

Environmental Services 4004 S. Park Ave., Bldg. #1520-791-3171

Household Hazardous Waste Program 4004 S. Park Ave., Bldg. #1520-888-6947

Housing and Community Development 310 N. Commerce Park Loop 520-791-4171

Department of Economic Security Pima County

1455 S. Alvernon Way 520-872-9100

195 W. Irvington Road520-638-2415

3912 W. Ina Road 520-744-5850

Tucson Clean & Beautiful 4004 S. Park Ave., Bldg. #1520-791-3171

Transportation:

Regional Transit Customer Service Center 4220 S. Park Avenue520-792-9222

SunTran 3920 N. Sun Tran Blvd. 520-623-4301

Street Maintenance 201 N. Stone Avenue520-791-3154

South Tucson: Shelter and Housing Resources:

Primavera

151 W. 40th Street

520-882-5383

Library: Sam Lena 1607 S. 6th Avenue520-594-5265


House of Neighborly Services 243 W. 33rd Street 520-623-0100

John Valenzuela Youth Center 1550 S. 6th Avenue 520-792-9251

Government:

Mayor and Council 1601 S. 6th Avenue 520-792-2424

Transportation:

South Tucson Transpor-tation and Flooding 1601 S. 6th Avenue 520-792-2424

Utilities:

South Tucson Public Works 1601 S. 6th Avenue 520-792-242438 Community Info and Resources

Disaster Resources:

Pima County Health Department 3950 S. Country Club, Ste. 100 520-243-7770

Pima County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security 3434 E. 22nd Street 520-794-9300

Pima Council on Aging 8467 E. Broadway Blvd. 520-790-0504

600 S. Country Club Road 520-790-7262

Food Assistance:

Greater Littletown Area Human Resources Group 6465 S. Craycroft Road 520-574-2263

Impact of Southern Arizona 3535 E. Hawser Street520-825-000partner with Food Bank

Shelter and Housing Resources:

Arivaca Coordinating Council 17252 W. 5th Street520-398-2771

Picture Rocks Community Center 5615 N. Sanders Road 520-682-7166


Littletown Community Center 6465 S. Craycroft Road 520-574-1404

Robles Ranch Community Center 16150 W. Ajo Highway 520-578-3063

Arivaca Community Center 16012 W. Universal Ranch Road 520-398-3010 fax

Pima County: Library:

Pima County Public Library- Caviglia-Arivaca 17050 W. Arivaca Road520-594-5235

Dewhirt-Catalina 15631 N. Oracle Road520-594-5240

Salazar– Ajo 15 W. Plaza Street, #179520-387-6075

Animal Resources: Pima Animal Care Center 4000 N. Silverbell Road 520-724-5900

Pima Animal Care Center Ajo Office 1259 Well Road 520-387-7502


Pima County: Government Departments:

Pima County Health Department 3950 S. Country Club Road, Ste 100

Pima County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

3434 E. 22nd

Street 520-724-9300

Pima County Behavioral Health AKA Community Bridges3950 N. Country Club Road 520-724-7923Emergency: 520-622-6000

Pima County Regional Flood Control District

201 N. Stone Avenue, 9th Floor

520-724-4600

Transportation:

Pima County Department of Transportation 201 N. Stone Avenue

Government:

Pima County Administrator 130 W. Congress, 10

th Floor

520-724-8661

District Offices 130 W. Congress, 11

th Floor

District 1: 520-724-2738

District 2: 520-724-8492

District 3: 520-724-8051

District 4: 520-724-8094

District 5 : 520-724-8711


Marana: Food Assistance:

Community Food Bank 11734 W. Grier Road 520-682-3001

Library:

PCPL Geasa-Marana 13370 N. Lon Adams Road 520-594-5255

Government:

Mayor and Council 11555 W. Civic Center Dr.520-382-1900

Oro Valley: Library:

Pima County Public Library- Oro Valley 1305 W. Naranja Drive520-594-5580

Government:

Mayor’s Office 11000 N. La Canada Drive 520-229-4991

Vice Mayor’s Office 520-229-4995

Council Members at Large 520-229-4994520-229-4996520-229-4992520-229-4997520-229-4993

Utilities:

Metro Water District 6265 N. La Canada 520-575-8100

Marana Utilities 5100 W. Ina Road

TRICO Electric Cooperative 8600 W. Tangerine Road 520-744-2944

Government Departments:

Oro Valley Operations Division 680 W. Calle Concordia 520-229-5070

Utilities:

Oro Valley Water Utility 11000 N. La Canada Drive 520-229-5000


Food Assistance:

Community Food Bank Green Valley/Sahuarita 250 E. Continental 520-625-5252

Animal Resources:

PAWS Patrol 750 W. Casa VerdeGreen Valley520-207-4024

Library:

Pima County Public Library-

Joyner-Green 601 N. La Canada Drive 520-594-5295

Sahuarita Library 725 W. Rancho Sahuarita 520-594-5490

Government:

Mayor’s Office 375 W. Sahuarita Center Way Sahuarita, AZ, 85629 520-344-7146

Vice Mayor’s Office 375 W. Sahuarita Center Way 520-344-7141

Council Members’ Office 375 W. Sahuarita Center Way 520-344-7140520-344-7145520-529-3442520-344-7143520-344-7144

Green Valley Community Coordinating Council 555 N. La Canada, Suite 117 520-648-1936

Utilities:

TRICO Electric Cooperative 8600 W. Tangerine Road Marana, AZ 85658 520-744-2944

Community Water Company of Green Valley 1501 S. La Canada Drive 520-625-8409

Farmers Water Company P.O Box 7520-879-7474

La Cadera Water Company 520-825-3423

Quail Creek Water Company 520-825-3423

Sahuarita Water Company 725 W. Rancho Sahuarita Blvd.520-399-1105


Sahuarita and Green Valley: Vail: Food Assistance:

Food Bank Sahuarita520-625-5252

State of Arizona: Arizona Department of Transportation Tucson District Office 1221 S. 2nd Avenue520-388-4200

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 33 N. Stone Avenue, Suite 700520-724-7400

Arizona Department of Health Services

150 N. 181st AvenuePhoenix, AZ 85007 602-542-1025

Online Resources: Information and Referral Guide:

www.az211.org

Arizona Department of Health Services Heat Emergency Response Plan

http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/emergency-preparedness/documents/response-plans/heat-emergency-response-plan.pdf

Trees for Tucson-Home Shade Trees https://tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org/trees-for-tucson/

Be Prepared Tucson www.bepreparedtucson.com

Pima County Health Department www.pimahealth.org/heat

Pima Center for Emergency Preparedness www.fema.gov/community-emergency-response-teams

Weather Warnings http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/

FEMA-Are you ready? A guide to citizen preparedness http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/7877


Tucson:

Emergency and Crisis Resources

Police Departments:

Tucson Police Department Operations Division Downtown (Main) 270 S. Stone Avenue520-791-5032

Operations Division East 9670 E. Golf Links Road520-791-5700

Operations Division Midtown 1100 S. Alvernon Road520-791-4253

Operations Division South 4410 S. Park Avenue 520-791-4949

Operations Division West 1310 W. Miracle Mile 520-791-4467

Non-emergency number: 520-791-4444

Fire Departments:

Tucson Fire Department 300 S. Fire Central Place520-791-4512

Drexel Heights Fire District 5030 Camino Verde 520-883-4341

Northwest Fire and Rescue District 5225 W. Massingale Road 520-887-1010

Pasqua Yaqui Fire Department 4631 W. Calle Torim 520-879-5720

Picture Rocks Fire District 121121 W. Picture Rocks Road520-682-7878

Three Points Fire District 14055 W Hunt Road520- 822-1086

Ambulance:

American Medical Response and Rural Metro Ambulance

3759 N. Commerce Drive

520-407-4300

Hospitals:

Cornerstone Hospital SE Arizona

7220 E. Rosewood Street

520-546-4595

Kindred Hospital Tucson 355 N. Wilmot Road 520-584-4500No Emergency Services

The University of Arizona Medical Center 1501 N. Campbell Avenue 520-694-0111

Carondelet Health Network1601 W. Saint Mary's Road 520-872-3000

Southern Arizona VA Healthcare 3601 S. 6th Avenue 520-792-145044

In case of emergency, please dial 911.

Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital 350 N. Wilmot Road 520-873-3000

Tucson Medical Center 5301 E. Grant Road 520-327-5461

Kino Community Hospital 2800 E. Ajo Way 520-375-9111

Urgent Care Clinics:

FastMed Urgent Care

5594 E. 22nd Street 520-232-2047

2510 E. Broadway Blvd.520-232-2072

9175 E. Tanque Verde 520-407-5699

2460 N. Swan Road 520-441-5405

1400 N. Wilmot Road 520-884-4999

1895 W. Valencia, #101 520-576-5104

St. Elizabeth's Health Center 140 W. Speedway, Ste 100 520-628-7871

NextCare Urgent Care 6238 E. Pima Street 520-290-0022

4280 N. Oracle Road 520-887-0095

9525 E. Old Spanish Trail 520-731-3666

5369 S. Calle Santa Cruz 520-573-7500

501 N. Park Avenue 520-284-9200

Urgent Care Extra

3611 N. Campbell Ave.

5545 E. Broadway Blvd.

1101 N. Wilmot Road

#101

7066 E. Golf Links Road

Minute Clinic 4365 N. Oracle Road 520-407-2127 ext. 5

8920 E. Tanque Verde 520-760-9188 ext. 5

2601 S. Houghton 520-751-8523 ext. 5

1900 W. Valencia Road 520-807-2288 ext. 5

3832 E. Speedway 520-323-3923 ext. 5

El Rio Community Health Clinic Main Number:

520-670-3909

1101 E. Broadway Blvd. #101

W. Irvington Rd. Bldg. 10

839 W. Congress

320 W. Prince Road

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1500 W. Commerce Court Bldg. 1

7940 S. Camino del Oeste 520-879-6225

Concentra Urgent Care 4600 S. Park Ave., Ste. 5520-889-9574

2005 W. Ruthrauff Rd. #111 520-293-7250

Urgent Care4001 E. Sunrise Drive 520-209-7000

3870 W. River Road #126 520-219-6616

13101 N. Oracle Road 520-818-2000

8333 N. Silverbell Road 520-202-7700

1370 N. Silverbell Rd. #170 520-205-8950

Tucson: South Tucson:Police Department:

South Tucson Police Department 1601 S. 6th Avenue 520-792-2424

Fire Department:

South Tucson Fire Department 1601 S. 6th Avenue520-792-2424

Pima County:Sheriff Department:

Pima County Sheriffs Office 1750 E. Benson Hwy.520-351-490024 hour #

Fire Departments:

Ajo-Gibson Volunteer Fire Department 400 E. Taladro Avenue 520-387-6822 Fax

Arivaca Fire District 16091 W. Universal Ranch Rd.520-398-2003

Mount Lemmon Fire District 13170 N. Oracle Control Road520-576-1201

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Marana Health Center

3690 S. Park Ave. #805520-616-6760

8181 E. Irvington Road520-574-1551

1670 W. Ruthrauff Road520-616-6797

1323 W. Prince Road520-887-0800

5000 E. 29th Street 520-790-8500

435 E. Glenn 520-616-1560

2202 W. Anklam Road520-616-6790

899 N. Wilmot, Bldg. B520-290-1100

16701 N. Oracle Rd. #135 520-825-6723


United Community Health Clinic

Three Points Clinic 15921 W. Ajo Hwy.520-407-5700

Arivaca Clinic 17388 W. 3rd Street 520-407-5500

Marana: Police Department:

Marana Police Department 11555 W. Civic Center Drive Building B 520-382-2000

Fire Department:

Rural Metro Fire Department (and ambulance service) 490 W. Magee Road 520-297-3600

Avra Valley Fire District 15790 W. Silverbell Road 520-682-3255


Marana Health Center Main 13395 N. Marana Main 520-682-4111

Continental Reserve Urgent Care 8333 N. Silverbell Road 520-202-7700

Oro Valley: Police Department:

Oro Valley Police Department 11000 N. La Canada Drive 520-229-4900

Fire Department:

Golder Ranch Fire District 3885 E. Golder Ranch Drive 520-825-9001

Hospitals:

Oro Valley Hospital 1551 E. Tangerine Road 520-901-3500


Southern Arizona Urgent Care 7725 N. Oracle Road #131 520-544-2273

Sahuarita and Green Valley: Police Departments:

Sahuarita Police Department 315 W. Sahuarita Center Way 520-351-4900

Fire Departments:

Helmet Peak Volunteer Fire Department 15490 S. Mission Road 520-940-3101

Green Valley Fire District 1285 W. Camino Encanto 520-629-9200

Hospitals:

Northwest Medical Care 1295 W. Duval Mine Road 520-399-2027

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United Community Health Clinic Green Valley 1260 S. Campbell Road 520-407-5600

Sahuarita Heights Clinic 2875 E. Sahuarita Road 520-576-5770

Vail: Fire Department:

Coronado de Tucson Fire 99 E. Tallahassee Drive520-762-5007

Rincon Valley Fire District 14550 E. Sands Ranch Rd.520-647-3760

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About Us

PSR, Arizona was founded in 1982 and is an affiliate of the National organization of Physicians for Social Responsibility, whose mission is to address and work on solutions to the greatest threats to the survival of humankind on the planet, by specifically focusing on the health impacts of these threats. PSR works in coalition with many environmental and social justice organizations with similar goals.

Climate Smart Southwest– (CSSW) The Project has been organized and supported by the Arizona Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. For details, go to psr.org/azclimate.

In September of 2013, PSR Arizona offered the conference “Climate Smart Southwest” to bring members and leaders of our Southwest communities to-gether to bring attention to the Health Impacts of Climate Change in the Southwest Region. As a result of this conference, CSSW is an ongoing project.

The project’s aim is to focus specifically on the education about and a call to community action to address the anticipated public health impacts of climate change in the Southwest. Arizona is identified as a significant “hot spot” for climate change, where the highest temperatures in the U.S. will continue to be seen. The potential for drought and food insecurity is significant, and cross cultural concerns are major. The Tucson community includes a majority of Hispanics, several large Native American tribes, many international refugees with language and cultural barriers to community action and pockets of poverty and cultural isolation.

CSSW aims to gather climate scientists, public health experts, educators, students, community based environmental and service organizations, and leading members of neighborhoods and cultural groups

in our community and in Southern Arizona to prepare to offer prominent educational and planning, aiming to initiate the process of actively addressing public health consequences of climate change in the Southwest. Through the offering of stakeholders workshops, it is intended that we encourage and develop new leaders who will promote innovative community organizing strategies for widespread offerings in communities and schools throughout the Southwest region.

CSSW Current Offerings (Go to www.psr.org/azclimate ):

Conference Report

Community preparedness strategies and Resource Guide

Ongoing Workshop Strategy Building in the Community

Tie in with Municipal Climate Adaptation Planning

Public access radio and television presentations (See psr.org/azclimate/media)

Local speakers bureau to educate the community on the following subjects:

Climate Adaptation Planning and Strategies (a framework)

Clean, Safe Renewable Energies for Climate Mitigation

Energy Efficiency as a Climate Adaptive and Mitigation Measure

Extreme Heat (predictions, events, impacts and preparedness)

Emergency Preparedness – resources and planning specific to climate events

Environmental toxins as threats to health and climate change

Food security and Nutrition (threats from heat and drought)

Involving Municipalities (how do we engage all stakeholders)

Mental and Spiritual Health in the Face of Climate Change

Socio-economic and Ethnic Disparities with Climate Change

Vector borne diseases (emerging with climate change)

CSSW Working Groups:

Building Resilient Neighborhoods

Education about Climate Change

Food and Water Security

Health Systems Preparedness

Mental and Spiritual Health

Cross Cultural and Cross Border Climate Concerns

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Blessed Unrest. Paul Hawken, Penguin Books. 2007.

A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency. Edited by John Stanley, David R. Roy, and Gyurme Dorje, Wisdom Publications. 2009.

The Third Industrial Revolution. Jeremy Rifkin, Palgrave and MacMillan. 2011.

The Case for a Carbon Tax. Shi-Ling Hsu, Island Press. 2011.

Deep Economy by Bill McKibbin.

Green Jobs by Van Jones.

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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ADAPTATION: How can cities be “climate-proofed”? by Dr. Eric Klinenberg, The New Yorker Digital Edition, Jan 07, 2013

National Research Council, 2010: Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change. America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change. National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12783

CDC’s Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Framework. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012. www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/BRACE.htm

Climate Choices for a Sustainable Southwest. In “Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment” by D Liverman, SC Moser, PS Weiland, L Dilling, MT Boykoff, HE Brown, ES Gordon, C Greene, E Holthaus, DA Niemeier, S Pincetl, WJ Steenburgh, and VC Tidwell. 2013., edited by G Garfin, A Jardine, R Merideth, M Black, and S LeRoy, 405–435. A report by the Southwest Climate Alliance. Washington, DC: Island Press.

PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments. Written by The Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington in association with I.C.L.E.I., September, 2007.

Navigating the Political and Emotional Terrain of Adaptation: Community Engagement When Climate Change Comes Home. By Susanne C. Moser. 2013. http://susannemoser.com/documents/Moser_Navigatingtheterrainofadaptation_prepub_final.pdf

Prepare the Nation for Change U.S. Global Change Research Program. http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assess-the-us-climate

CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN National Health Education Standards and Heat Related Illness Prevention. National Health Education Standards (NHES) for grades 9-12 http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/SHER/standards/index.htm

LEED for SCHOOLS. A resource brochure. U.S. Green Building Council. www.buildgreenschools.org

Climate Change and Human Health. Project designed to provide educators with the resources to engage high school students in critical thinking about climate change and the potential impact on human health across the planet. NASA Inno-vations in Climate Education: Award Number NNX10AT46A. Summer 2012 and forward. http://climatechangehumanhealth.org http://climatechangehumanhealth.org

CLIMATE CHANGE MESSAGING An Information Statement of the American Meteorological Society (Adopted by AMS Council 8-20-2012) www.ams.org Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. Oreskes, Naomi, and Conway, Erik M. (2010). Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 978-1-59691-610-4.http://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/

Communicating the science of climate change. Somerville, RCJ. and SJ Hassol. Physics Today 2011 64(10):48-53. http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v64/i10/p48_s1 Global Warming's Six Americas, in May 2011 Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, New Haven, CT (2011), available at A Leiserowitz et al. http://environment.yale.edu/climate/files/SixAmericasMay2011.pdf.

The Great Environmental Crisis No One Talks About. By George Monbiot, Alternet, November,2012. www.alternet.org/environment/great-environmental-crisis-no-one-talks-about

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math. By Bill McKibben, Rolling Stone, August 2, 2012.

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Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: Summary for Decision Makers. Coordinating lead author, Jonathan Overpeck, Institute of the Environment, U. of Arizona, 2013. www.swcarr.arizona.edu

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS RE. CLIMATE CHANGE AND SAFETY Emergency Preparedness Basics: http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/emergency-preparedness-basics.html

Personal Actions To Lower Emissions: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/climate/getInvolvedDriver.html and http://www.epa.gov

“Personal Emissions Calculator” to estimate your own greenhouse gas emissions and identify how much your actions can change your impact on climate change. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/calculator/ind_calculator.html

ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Risk Disclosure By Insurers: Evaluating Insurer Responses to the NAIC Climate Disclosure Survey. www.ceres.org , 2011

Insurance Industry Paying Increasing Attention to Climate Change. Science Daily, Dec. 12, 2012. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/

Climate and Development: A Framework for Urban Climate Resilience. By Stephen Tyler and Marcus Muench, Adaptive Resource Management, December 14, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2012.745389

STERN REVIEW: The Economics of Climate Change http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/4/3/Executive_Summary.pdf

Building an Advanced Energy Economy: PCAP (Presidential Climate Action Project). October 2012 www.climateactionproject.com

HEALTH SYSTEMS PREPAREDNESS Readying Health Services for Climate Change: A Policy Framework for Regional Development. Bell, Erica American Journal of Public Health, May 2011, Vol 101, No. 5 www.ajph.org

Getting Real About It: Meeting the Psychological and Social Demands of a World in Distress. By Susanne C. Moser. 2013. http://www.susannemoser.com/documents/Moser_Getting_Real_About_It-preprint.pdf

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change. By Bill McKibben, Rolling Stone, August 2, 2012.

How the low carbon economy can improve health, Andy Haines and Carlos Dora.Spotlight Climate Change in British Medical Journal. BMJ 2012;344:e1018 doi:10.1136/bmj.e1018 (Published 19 March 2012).

Can Climate Change Preparedness Efforts Spur Greater Interest in Emission Reductions? The Influence of Adaptation Planning on Attitudes Toward Cli-mate Change Mitigation: Evidence from Oregon. The Resource Innovation Group, Trig Working Paper Series, 2011-01.

Health and Climate Change (series): Public Health Benefits of Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions. Wilkenson, P, et al. The Lancet, November 2009. www.thelancet.com

Tackling Climate Change and Creating a Green Energy Economy. American Solar Energy Society’s Policy Recommendations for the 111th Congress. American Solar Energy Society Policy Committee www.ases.org, February 2009.

Mitigation. Chapter 27. In Draft National Climate Assessment. http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/download/NCAJan11-2013-publicreviewdraft-chap27-mitigation.pdf

CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH AND REPORTING Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States. A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment, Edited by GGarfin, A Jardine, R Meredith, M Black, S Leroy, Island Press, 2013.

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Ready for Change: Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change. http://www.theresourceinnovationgroup.org/storage/PubHealthPrepManual5-10LR.pdf

FOOD SECURITY Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, 2012. www.earth-policy.org Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land: Lessons from Desert Farmers on Adapting to Climate Uncertainty. By Gary Paul Nabhan. Foreward by Bill McKibben. Chelea Green Publishing; May, 2013.

A Vision for Good Food for Public Health. American Public Health Association, Oct 2008.

Edible Baja Arizona (A magazine) Celebrating the Foodways of Arizona and the Borderlands. Inaugaral Issue, Summer 2013. Douglas Biggers, Editor and Publisher www.EdibleBajaArizona.com

HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE A Human Health Perspective On Climate Change: A Report Outlining the Research Needs on the Human Health Impacts of Climate Change. Published by the Environmental Health Perspectives & National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, April, 2010. http://downloads.globalchange.gov/cchhg/climatereport2010.pdf

Increased Health Woes Among Climate Change Impacts. By Melanie Lenart, Southwest Climate Outlook, January, 2013. http://climas.ariona.edu/feature-articles

Arizona Researcher Explores Dangers of Living in Dust. By Michael Clancy, interviewing William Sprigg, U. of Arizona Atmospheric Physics. The Republic, July 26, 2012. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles

Health risks, present and future, from global climate change. by Tony McMichael , et al, Spotlight, British Journal of Medicine, BMJ 2012;344:e1359 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e1359 (Published 19 March 2012).

IDENTIFYING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS An Exposure Assessment Study of Ambient Heat Exposure in an Elderly Population in Baltimore, MD by B Rupa and J Samet. Environ Health Perspect, 2002, December:110(12): 1219-1224.

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Resources Publications, Vulnerability Assessment, Frameworks and Guidance. http://training.fws.gov/EC/Resources/climate_change/pdfs/resources.pdf

In The Shade Of Affluence: The Inequitable Distribution Of The Urban Heat Island. SL Harlan, AJ Brazel, GD Jenerette, NS Jones, L Larsen, L Prashad, WL. Stefanov (2007 in Equity and the Environment (Research in Social Problems & Public Policy,Vol 15), Emerald Gp Pub Ltd,173-202 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?chapterid=1758341

Climate change and health in cities: impacts of heat and air pollution and potential co-benefits from mitigation and adaptation. Sharon L Harlan, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Volume 3, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 126–134.

INTERNATIONAL BORDERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Hungary for Change: Borderlands Food and Water in the Balance. The Southwest Center’s Kellogg Program in Borderlands Food and Water Security. University of Arizona, 2012 www.swc.arizona.edu

Climate Change and U.S.-Mexico Border Communities, Wilder, M., G. Garfin, P. Ganster, H. Eakin, P. Romero-Lankao, F. Lara-Valencia, A. A. Cortez-Lara, S. Mumme, C. Neri, and F. Muñoz-Arriola. 2013.

In Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment, edited by G. Garfin, A. Jardine, R. Merideth, M. Black, and S. LeRoy, 340–384. A report by the Southwest Climate Alliance. Washington, DC: Island Press.

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NATIVE AMERICANS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Indigenous Health and Climate Change. By James D. Ford, PhD American Journal of Public Health, July 2012, Vol. 102, #7, p.1260-66. www.ajph.org

Unique Challenges Facing Southwestern Tribes. In Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: M Redsteer, K Bemis, K Chief, M Gautam, B R Middleton, and R Tsosie. 2013.

A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment, edited by G Garfin, A Jardine, R Merideth, M Black, S LeRoy, 385–404. A report by the Southwest Climate Alliance. Washington, DC: Island Press.

Impacts of Climate Change on Tribal, Indigenous, and Native Lands and Resources. Chapter 12 in Draft National Climate Assessment. http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/download/NCAJan11-2013-publicreviewdraft-chap12-tribal.pdf

Southwest Impacts and Adaptation, (See Native American Impacts and Health Impacts). EPA Website, Last updated 6/21/2013. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/southwest.html#impactshuman

PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role. A Practical Guidebook, April 2011, American Public Health Association, 800 I Street, N.W. | Washington, DC | 20001-3710 | www.apha.org,

Climate Action for Health: Integrating Public Health into Climate Action Planning. California Department of Public Health, February 2012.

Readying Health Services for Climate Change: A Policy Framework for Regional Development. Bell, May 2011, Vol 101, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health.

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Change, Vulnerability and Social Justice. R. E. Kasperson and J. X. Kasperson. 2001. http://stc.umsl.edu/essj/unit4/climate%20change%20risk.pdf

Moving Forward from Vulnerability to Adaptation: Climate Change, Drought, and Water Demand in the Urbanizing Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Edited by Margaret Wilder, Christopher A. Scott, Nicolas Pineda-Pablos, Robert G. Varady, and Gregg Garfin. Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, U. of Arizona, January 2012. http://udall.arizona.edu/sarp

MENTAL HEALTH & CLIMATE CHANGE Cognitive And Behavioral Challenges In Responding To Climate Change by Kari Marie Norgaard, Policy Research Working Paper WPS 4940. The World Bank Development Economics, World Development Report Team, May, 2009 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1407958

Mental Health Support for Drought Affected Communities. http://www.gpqld.com.au/page/Programs/Mental_Health/Mental_Health_Support_for_Drought_Affected_Communities/

The Psychological Effects of Global Warming on the United States: And Why the US Mental Health Care System is Not Adequately Prepared, Coyle, K.J. and Van Susteren, L. (2012) ,National Forum and Research Report, Washington, DC: National Wildlife Federation, Climate Education Program.

METROPOLITAN AREA RESOURCES Cities Lead Over Feds on Climate Change Adaptation. Sustainable Business.com, 01/28/2013

Resilient Cities 2012 Congress Report., 3rd Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation Congress Report, Bonn, Germany, 12-15 May 2012. ICLEI, Local Government for Sustainability. http://resilientcities.iclei.org/fileadmin/sites/resilientcities/files/Images_and_logos/Resilience_Resource_Point/RC2012__Congress_report.pdf

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Adding insult to injury: Climate change and the inequities of climate intervention. By E. Marino and J. Ribot. 2012. Special Issue Introduction: Global Environmental Change 22(2): 323-328

SPRITUAL HEALTH & CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Disruption: What the Faith Community Can Do. FCNL Wash. Newsletter, Nov-Dec. 2012. www.fcnl.org

Reconsidering Christianity: An Expedition of Faith Joining Science, Ancient Wisdom and Sustainability. Ron Rude, Beaver’s Pond Press, 2012 A Buddhist Response to THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY. Edited by John Stanley, David R. Roy and Gyurme Dorje, Wisdom Publications, 2009. www.ecobuddhism.org

WATER SECURITY Energy and water resources scarcity: Critical infrastructure for growth and economic development in Arizona and Sonora. Scott, C.A., M.J. Pasqualetti. 2010. Natural Resources Journal 50(3): 645-682. http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/wrpg/pubs2010/Scott-Pasqualetti-2010-NexusAz-Son-NRJ.pdf

The New Economy of Water: The Risks and Benefits of Globalization and Privatization of Fresh Water. By Peter Gleick and others. Pacific Institute. 2002. http://www.pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/new_economy_of_water3.pdf

National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change. EPA-850-K-12-004, December, 2012 http://water.epa.gov/scitech/climatechange/upload/FINAL-NWP-2012-Climate-Highlights-Report.pdf Generally: Pacific Institute. http://www.pacinst.org/

BROCHURES AND FACTSHEETS

Be Prepared Tucson: What would your family do if there was no power in your home for 3 days? A resource brochure , U.S. Dept of Energy, Homeland Security, & FEMA.www.bepreparedtucson.com

Climate Change and Famine. Climate Change and Health: The Effects of Heat. Fact Sheets from Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2012. www.psr.org

Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks. http://getreadyforflu.org/clocksstocks/clocksinfographic.htm

Extreme Weather: Vector-borne Disease. Educational brochure, Arizona Department of Health Services, Fall 2012. www.azdhs.gov/phs/oeh/heat/

Interagency Cross Cutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health. http://downloads.usgcrp.gov/fact_sheets/CCHHG-Factsheet_1-19-2012.pdf

Local Governments, Extreme Weather, and Climate Change 2012. A fact sheet on what communities are experiencing & how U.S. local governments are responding to the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather fueled by climate change. I.C.L.E.I. Local Governments for Sustainability, USA. www.iclei.org

It’s Hot Outside: Stay Cool. Stay hydrated. Stay informed. Brochure from the Arizona Department of Public Health and CDC, 2012. www.azdhs.gov/phs/oeh/heat/

Surviving Arizona Heat: Fact sheet and brochure. AZ Department Health Services. www.azdhs.gov/phs/oeh/heat/

2012: A YEAR OF RECORD-BREAKING EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATE, FACT SHEET by Christina Deconcini and Forbes Tompkins, World Resource Institute, 2013 www.WRI.org

10 Ways to address & adapt to climate change in Southern Arizona. Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions. 2015 ccass.arizona.edu

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